Alpha

Frank Lorentzen says the following about “Alpha”:The music on “Alpha” was composed in the period
from autumn 1995 to spring 1996. These compositions are special because
they are built around seven different crystal singing bowls, as well as
Tibetan cymbals, nature sounds and synthesizer. Six months prior to the
publication of “Alpha” a colleague, John Virkmann, and I had bought seven
crystal singing bowls from an American/Czech woman (Sister Pukka), who
was just then transiting Aarhus City.

The first 27 minute long compositon, Improvising,
contains seven smaller pieces of music each composed with the sound of
one of seven crystal singing bowls. The other composition, Harmonizing,
is about 22 minutes long where the crystal singing bowls have a more dominating
role.